Disability Living Allowance

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in  (a) Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency,  (b) the Highlands and  (c) Scotland received the (i) mobility component, (ii) care component and (iii) both the mobility and the care components of the disability living allowance in each of the last five years.

Jonathan R Shaw: The available information is in the following tables.
	
		
			  Disability living allowance cases in payment for the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey parliamentary constituency for each of the last five years, as at May of each year 
			  May each year 
			   2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 
			 Total 4,300 4,460 4,540 4,710 4,960 
			   
			 Higher care and higher mobility 720 750 790 830 840 
			 Higher care and lower mobility 360 380 380 400 420 
			 Higher care only 60 60 70 80 80 
			 Middle care and higher mobility 600 620 650 670 700 
			 Middle care and lower mobility 770 820 850 880 960 
			 Middle care only 150 160 150 150 170 
			   
			 Lower care and higher mobility 430 430 430 450 480 
			 Lower care and lower mobility 370 380 400 420 430 
			 Lower care only 250 280 270 290 320 
			   
			 Higher mobility only 480 480 460 450 460 
			   
			 Lower mobility only 100 100 90 100 100 
			  Notes: 1 Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 2. Figures show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital. 3. The postcode of a claimant is used to assign the parliamentary constituency, local authority and government office region. Local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory.  Source: NOMIS 
		
	
	
		
			  Disability living allowance cases in payment for the highland local authority for each of the last five years, as at May of each year 
			  May each year 
			   2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 
			 Total 10,270 10,590 10,830 11,250 11,740 
			   
			 Higher care and higher mobility 1,790 1,880 1,980 2,050 2,100 
			 Higher care and lower mobility 680 710 740 770 810 
			 Higher care only 160 160 170 190 180 
			   
			 Middle care and higher mobility 1,570 1,620 1,680 1,730 1,830 
			 Middle care and lower mobility 1,640 1,710 1,800 1,890 2,010 
			 Middle care only 400 410 380 390 410 
			   
			 Lower care and higher mobility 1,140 1,140 1,150 1,230 1,300 
			 Lower care and lower mobility 710 750 800 830 870 
			 Lower care only 660 690 680 710 780 
			   
			 Higher mobility only 1,320 1,300 1,250 1,260 1,250 
			   
			 Lower mobility only 210 210 200 200 210 
			  Notes: 1 Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 2. Figures show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital. 3. The Highlands region is defined as the local authority of the claimant. The postcode of a claimant is used to assign the parliamentary constituency, local authority and government office region. Local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory.  Source: NOMIS 
		
	
	
		
			  Disability living allowance cases in payment in Scotland for each of the last five years, as at May of each year 
			  May each year 
			   2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 
			 Total 303,990 311,000 318,090 327,310 337,270 
			   
			 Higher care and higher mobility 52,140 53,810 56,560 58,890 60,410 
			 Higher care and lower mobility 17,440 18,160 19,130 20,230 21,360 
			 Higher care only 3,730 3,740 3,610 3,760 3,800 
			   
			 Middle care and higher mobility 49,570 50,680 52,310 53,890 55,260 
			 Middle care and lower mobility 41,670 44,320 46,670 48,910 51,740 
			 Middle care only 10,440 10,510 10,170 10,110 10,270 
			   
			 Lower care and higher mobility 37,270 37,550 37,880 38,550 39,600 
			 Lower care and lower mobility 17,840 19,230 20,490 22,330 24,230 
			 Lower care only 20,040 20,560 20,810 21,580 22,680 
			   
			 Higher mobility only 46,760 45,240 43,140 41,520 40,060 
			   
			 Lower mobility only 7,060 7,220 7,320 7,540 7,870 
			  Notes: 1 Caseload figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 2. Figures show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital. 3. The postcode of a claimant is used to assign the parliamentary constituency, local authority and government office region. Local authorities are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant postcode directory.  Source: NOMIS